In a previous tutorial, I showed you how to draw
a perfect circle. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to draw a perfect
square in PowerPoint 2010 using those same principles. Follow these steps
to learn more:

Launch PowerPoint 2010. Most of the time, PowerPoint will open with
a new slide in a presentation -- PowerPoint 2010 users can change
the slide layout to Blank by selecting Home tab | Layout | Blank.

Within the Home or Insert tab of the Ribbon,
click the Shapes button to view the Shapes gallery that you can see
in Figure 1. Select the Rectangle shape since that's
what we will use to draw a square.

Figure 1: Rectangle shape selected

Use any of these two options to place a perfect square on your slide:

Click anywhere on the slide to add the Rectangle shape in a predefined
size (typically 1 inch x 1 inch), as shown in Figure 2.

For resizing,
hold down the Shift key while dragging any of the four corner handles
to retain the square proportion (preventing the square from becoming
an rectangle).

Figure 2: Square shape placed on the slide

Alternatively, click on the slide. Don't let go off the mouse
yet -- instead hold the Shift key while dragging to constrain the
height and width proportions, as shown in Figure 3.
Optionally, you can hold the Ctrl key (in addition to the Shift
key) to draw a square from the center.

Have your ever used keyboard shortcuts and sequences in PowerPoint? Or are you a complete keyboard aficionado? Do you want to learn about some new shortcuts? Or do you want to know if your favorite keyboard shortcuts are documented?